Kevin Weeks

Kevin Weeks (21 March 1956-) was the longtime friend and lieutenant of Winter Hill Gang boss Whitey Bulger. After his arrest and imprisonment in 1999, he became a cooperating witness with the federal government.

Biography
Kevin Weeks was born in South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts in 1956 to a working-class family of Irish and Welsh descent. In 1975, he became a bouncer at the Triple O's Lounge, and it was there that he first met Winter Hill Gang boss Whitey Bulger and his lieutenant Stephen Flemmi. Beginning in 1978, he began working for Bulger as his personal driver, and he became a close lieutenant to Bulger, as well as a loanshark. In 1982, he left his legitimate job to become a full-time mobster, and, that same year, he assisted Bulger in his murder of federal informant Edward Brian Halloran. During the early 1980s, Bulger, Flemmi, and Weeks became heavily involved in narcotics trafficking. On 17 November 1999, Weeks was arrested by the DEA and the Massachusetts State Police, and he was presented with a 29-count indictment under RICO. After two weeks, he decided to cooperate with authorities, having been inspired by enforcer Johnny Martorano's decision to turn states. Weeks was released from federal prison in 2005, and he published his memoirs in 2006.